Drew Barrymore Wins in Upset Over Kelly Clarkson

After five years of winning in at least one of her two categories, Kelly Clarkson was shut out at the 2025 Daytime Emmys. The awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday (Oct. 17). Mario Lopez hosted the show.

Drew Barrymore won outstanding daytime talk series host for The Drew Barrymore Show. This is the second year in a row that Clarkson has been upset in this category (which she won the four years before that). She lost last year to Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, the married stars of the syndicated Live With Kelly and Mark.

This year, Live With Kelly and Mark won outstanding daytime talk series, ending (or at least interrupting) The Kelly Clarkson Show’s four-year hold on the category. This is the second top program award for the long-running Live franchise. Live! with Regis and Kelly (when Ripa teamed with talk show legend Regis Philbin) won outstanding talk show – entertainment in 2012.

Neither Barrymore nor Ripa and Consuelos attended the ceremony, a sign perhaps that they didn’t expect to win.

Barrymore has had a multi-faceted career, starting as a child star Altered States in 1980 and her breakout role in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 1982. In 2000, she co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels, which spawned Destiny’s Child’s smash single “Independent Women Part I,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks. She also co-starred in three films with Adam Sandler. In 2018 she was the subject of Bryce Vine’s Hot 100 hit “Drew Barrymore.”

The Drew Barrymore Show also won best directing team and best hairstyling/makeup, for a total of three wins. The Kelly Clarkson Show won two – best lighting direction and best live sound mixing/sound editing.

General Hospital won seven awards, tops for the night, followed by The Drew Barrymore Show, The Secret Lives of Animals and Secret Lives of Orangutans (three awards each), and Black Barbie, Days of Our Lives, Delicious Miss Brown, Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade, Entertainment Tonight and The Kelly Clarkson Show (two awards each).

Entertainment Tonight won outstanding entertainment news series for the sixth consecutive year, while the host team (Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith and Nischelle Turner) won outstanding daytime personality – daily. But an ET-branded program remembering a TV legend, Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter, An Entertainment Tonight Special, surprisingly lost outstanding daytime special to Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade.

Sir David Attenborough, 99, won outstanding daytime personality – non-daily for the Netflix program, Secret Lives of Orangutans. In so doing, he set a new record as the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy, beating Dick Van Dyke’s record by one year. Van Dyke won outstanding guest performer in a drama series last year at 98 for his performance on Days of Our Lives.

Selena Gomez’s Food Network series Selena + Restaurant was nominated for outstanding culinary instructional series, but lost to Delicious Miss Brown on the Food Network. Gomez has now gone 0-3 at the Daytime Emmys, 0-5 at the Primetime Emmys and 0-1 at the Children’s and Family Emmys. (Bottom line: She is due for a win.)

Three top entertainment media brands – Billboard, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter – were recognized in the nominations (though none wound up winning). Billboard Presents was nominated for outstanding short form program. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors and Off Script With the Hollywood Reporter were both nominated for outstanding arts and popular culture program. 

Billboard Presents are the video cover profiles that Billboard produces for some of its cover artists. The specific episode submitted for the series was the cover video with conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Other Billboard Presents segments include cover videos with A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator and Charli XCX. 

The In Memoriam segment included talk show pioneer Phil Donahue; game show hosts Chuck Woolery, Peter Marshall and Wink Martindale; fitness guru and personality Richard Simmons; televangelist Jimmy Swaggart; acting legend James Earl Jones; and Food Network star Anne Burrell.

The awards are presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. If it seems like more than a year has gone by since the last Daytime Emmys, you’re right. Last year’s Daytime Emmys were held on June 7, 2024 the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

Unlike the past five years, when the show aired on CBS, this year’s program streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and on the Emmys app.

Veteran broadcast journalist Deborah Norville received a lifetime achievement honor.

Here are the 2025 Daytime Emmy nominations in selected categories, with winners marked. For the full list of winners, go here.

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series

The Drew Barrymore Show, CBS Media Ventures

The Jennifer Hudson Show, Warner Brothers Television Distribution [JHUD Productions | Warner Bros. Unscripted Television | Telepictures]

The Kelly Clarkson Show, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

WINNER: Live With Kelly and Mark, Disney Entertainment Distribution

The View, ABC

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host

WINNER: Drew Barrymore, The Drew Barrymore Show, CBS Media Ventures

Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda Kotb, TODAY With Hoda and Jenna, NBC

Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live With Kelly and Mark, Disney Entertainment Distribution

Jennifer Hudson, The Jennifer Hudson Show, Warner Brothers Television Distribution

Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

WINNER: Black Barbie, Netflix [shondalandmedia]; Executive Producers: Betsy Beers, Milan Chakraborty, Camilla Hall, Grace Lay, Sumalee Montano, Shonda Rhimes, Jyoti Sarda; Co-Executive Producers: Scott Collins, Alison Eakle, Sara Fischer; Producers: Lagueria Davis, Aaliyah Williams

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame, PBS [Bright Blue Media Group]; Executive Producers: Thomas Davison, Pamela Picard, Josiah Spaulding

Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter, IFC [The Hollywood Reporter]; Executive Producers: Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Elisabeth D. Rabishaw, Maer Roshan, Jason Rovou; Supervising Producer: Stephanie Fischette; Senior Producer: Lesley Corral; Producers: Jeanie Pyun, Lacey Rose, Tiffany Taylor, Curtis Thompson; Segment Producer: Chinedu Unaka

The Swift Effect, Peacock; Co-Executive Producers: Cody Broadway, Diane Petzke; Senior Supervising Producer: Meredith McGinn; Coordinating Producer: Julianne O’Hara; Producers: Pedro Iguaran, John Launchi

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, PBS; Executive Producers: Michelle Merker, Donna Pennestri, John Ross, Andrew Russell, Ramin Setoodeh; Producers: Maris Berzins, Georg Kallert, Diana Nguyen, Rob Schroeder

Outstanding Short Form Program

WINNER: Ballin’ Out, Outsports; Executive Producers: Jim Buzinski, Cyd Zeigler; Producers: Joel Chiodi, Michael Franklin, Eric Korsh, Niq Lewis; Director: Michiel Thomas

Billboard Presents, Billboard.com; Executive Producers: Shira Brown, Leila Cobo, Dana Droppo, Hannah Karp, Christina Medina, Mike Van; Supervising Producer: Ciara Zimring; Line Producer: Mateo Vergara; Producer: Emily Fuentes

Catalyst, LinkedIn News; Executive Producers: Courtney Coupe, Enrique Montalvo; Supervising Producers: David Pond, Dan Roth, Wesley Wingo; Senior Producers: Nina Melendez Ibarra, Stephen Francisco Valdivia Duarte; Coordinating Producer: Michaela Greer; Producers: Joy Carlos, Taisha Henry, Jessica Jimenez, Julia Lull, Sarah Scully, Brandon Stefanowitz, Sujata Thomas, Rachel Wang

Eat This With Yara, The Chef Preserving Gaza’s Cuisine Amid a Genocide, AJ+; Executive Producer: Shadi Rahimi; Senior Producers: Dylan Bergeson, Yara Elmjouie

Live Like a Champion, Healthline [Lucky Tiger Productions]; Executive Producers: Brendan Anderer, Tracy Stickler; Supervising Producers: Tom Placke, Sam Sabawi; Producer: Marc Lesser

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors, Netflix; Original Music Jerry Lane

National Parks: USA, National Geographic [Stronghold Studios, LLC]; Composer Colin Clark

The Secret Lives of Animals, Apple TV+ Composer Kyle Rodriguez

WINNER: Secret Lives of Orangutans, Netflix [Silverback Films]; Composer: David Mitcham, Score Co-Producer: Michael Whight

Secrets of the Neanderthals, Netflix [BBC Studios]; Composer: Anže Rozman; Additional Music: Enzo Hwang, Kara Talve; Score Producer: Russell Emanuel; Score Supervisor: Greg Rappaport

Outstanding Entertainment News Series

Access Hollywood, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

E! News, E! Entertainment

WINNER: Entertainment Tonight, CBS Media Ventures

Extra, Warner Brothers Television Distribution [Warner Bros. Unscripted Television | Telepictures]

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily

WINNER: Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Media Ventures

Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez, Access Hollywood, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Star Jones, Corey Jovan, Divorce Court, FOX

Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose & Judge Judy Sheindlin, Judy Justice, Amazon Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Sox Entertainment]

Outstanding Daytime Special

Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter, An Entertainment Tonight Special CBS

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés, Amazon Prime Video [Film 45 | Amazon MGM Studios | José Andrés Media]

WINNER: Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade, ABC [Film 45 | EverWonder Studio | Yellow Shoes Studio]

98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC [Silent House Productions]

Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers, PBS [Steven Latham Productions]

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily

WINNER: Sir David Attenborough, Secret Lives of Orangutans, Netflix [Silverback Films]

Brad Bestelink, Living With Leopards, Netflix [Wild Space | Natural History Film Unit Botswana | Freeborne Media | Netflix]

Andi Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North & Kirin Stone, The Fixers, BYUtv

Anthony Mackie, Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast, National Geographic [Nutopia]

Martha Stewart, Martha Gardens, Roku [Marquee Brands]

Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series

Be My Guest With Ina Garten, Food Network [Pacific Productions]

WINNER: Delicious Miss Brown, Food Network

Emeril Cooks, Roku [Marquee Brands]

Lidia’s Kitchen, PBS [Tavola Productions]

Selena + Restaurant, Food Network [July Moon Productions | Sony Pictures Television’s The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC)]

Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series

BBQ High, Magnolia Network [Hit + Run]

WINNER: Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall, HBO | Max [Max | Fremantle’s Original Productions]

Ingrediente: Mexico, Amazon Prime Video

TrueSouth, ESPN | ABC | SEC Network [Bluefoot Entertainment]

Outstanding Culinary Host

WINNER: Kardea Brown, Delicious Miss Brown, Food Network

Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Network [Blind Nil]

Ina Garten, Be My Guest With Ina Garten, Food Network

Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Cooks, Roku [Marquee Brands]

Michael Symon, Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out, Food Network